Note: This is just one of1,325 family groupings listed onThe Political Graveyard web site.These families each have three or more politician members, all linked together by blood, marriage or adoption. These groupings — even thenames of the groupings,and the areas of main activity — are the result of a computer algorithm working with the data I have,not the choices of any historian or genealogist. | | Landon Carter Haynes (1816-1875) — also known asLandon C. Haynes — of Tennessee. Born in Elizabethton,CarterCounty, Tenn.,December2, 1816.Member ofTennesseestate senate, 1847; member ofTennesseestate house of representatives, 1849-51;Speakerof the Tennessee State House of Representatives, 1849-51;Senatorfrom Tennessee in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65.Died in Memphis,ShelbyCounty, Tenn.,February17, 1875 (age58 years, 77days).Original interment atElmwoodCemetery, Memphis, Tenn.; reinterment in 1902 atJacksonCemetery, Jackson, Tenn. | | Nathaniel Green Taylor (1819-1887) — of Tennessee. Born in Tennessee,1819.U.S.Representative from Tennessee 1st District, 1854-55, 1866-67.Slaveowner. Died in1887(ageabout68 years).Interment in private or family graveyard. | | Nathaniel Edwin Harris (1846-1929) — also known asNat E. Harris — of Macon,BibbCounty, Ga.; Hampton,CarterCounty, Tenn.Born in Jonesborough,WashingtonCounty, Tenn.,January21, 1846.Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;lawyer;member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives, 1882-86; member ofGeorgiastate senate, 1894-96; superior court judge in Georgia, 1912;Governor ofGeorgia, 1915-17.Methodist.Member,Chi Phi;Freemasons;KnightsTemplar;Shriners;UnitedConfederate Veterans.DiedSeptember21, 1929 (age83 years, 243days).Interment atRoseHill Cemetery, Macon, Ga. | | Alfred Alexander Taylor (1848-1931) — also known asAlfred A. Taylor — of Johnson City,WashingtonCounty, Tenn.; Milligan College,CarterCounty, Tenn.Born in Happy Valley,CarterCounty, Tenn.,August6, 1848.Republican.Lawyer;member ofTennesseestate house of representatives, 1875-76;U.S.Representative from Tennessee 1st District, 1889-95;Governor ofTennessee, 1921-23; defeated, 1886, 1922.Methodist.Member,Freemasons;Elks.DiedNovember25, 1931 (age83 years, 111days).Interment atMonteVista Memorial Park, Johnson City, Tenn.  | Robert Love Taylor (1850-1912) — also known asRobert L. Taylor;Bob Taylor;"Our Bob" —of Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.Born inCarterCounty, Tenn.,July 31,1850.Democrat.Lawyer;newspaperpublisher;U.S.Representative from Tennessee 1st District, 1879-81;Governor ofTennessee, 1887-91, 1897-99;U.S.Senator from Tennessee, 1907-12; died in office 1912.Died inWashington,D.C.,March31, 1912 (age61 years, 244days).Original interment atOldGray Cemetery, Knoxville, Tenn.; reinterment in 1938 atMonteVista Memorial Park, Johnson City, Tenn. |
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